2 Slightly diffent version, the reason you were getting null is because col.dataField is just sdk ur not actually getting the value
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="vertical" xmlns:flexlib="flexlib.*"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ private function showTotalData():void{ myText.text = returnTotalData(sdk); } private function returnTotalData(col:DataGridColumn):String{ var total:int=0; for(var i:int=0;i<myModel.treeName.length;i++){ total += myDataGrid.dataProvider[i].total; } return total.toString(); } ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:Model id="myModel"> <root> <treeName value="Flex" sdk="coders" total='1'/> <treeName value="AIR" sdk="Adobe" total='2'/> <treeName value="Flex" sdk="ORG" total='3'/> </root> </mx:Model> <mx:DataGrid id="myDataGrid" dataProvider="{myModel.treeName}"> <mx:columns> <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="value" id="myValue"/> <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="sdk" id="sdk"/> <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="total" id="mYtotal"/> </mx:columns> </mx:DataGrid> <mx:Button label="Show Data" click="showTotalData()"/> <mx:Text id="myText"/> </mx:WindowedApplication> ?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="vertical" xmlns:flexlib="flexlib.*"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ private function showTotalData():void{ myText.text = returnTotalData(sdk); } private function returnTotalData(col:DataGridColumn):String{ var total:int=0; for(var i:int=0;i<myModel.treeName.length;i++){ total += myDataGrid.columns[i].total; } return total.toString(); } ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:Model id="myModel"> <root> <treeName value="Flex" sdk="coders" total='1'/> <treeName value="AIR" sdk="Adobe" total='2'/> <treeName value="Flex" sdk="ORG" total='3'/> </root> </mx:Model> <mx:DataGrid id="myDataGrid" dataProvider="{myModel.treeName}"> <mx:columns> <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="value" id="myValue"/> <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="sdk" id="sdk"/> <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="total" id="mYtotal"/> </mx:columns> </mx:DataGrid> <mx:Button label="Show Data" click="showTotalData()"/> <mx:Text id="myText"/> </mx:WindowedApplication> ----- Original Message ---- From: Harry Saputra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, February 5, 2008 9:17:36 AM Subject: [flexcoders] Null Return when try to get total of sum from one field I try this : .mxml file : ... <mx:DataGridColumn id="sks" headerText=" SKS" width="20" dataField="sks" /> ... <mx:Button x="685" y="10" label="Button" click="showTotalDat aTranskrip( )"/> ... .as file : [Bindable] Public var lengthArrDataTranks rip:int; public var total:Number; public function totalDataTranskrip( col:DataGridColu mn):String { lengthArrDataTranks rip = arrDataTranskrip. length; // arrDataTranskrip is DataProvider as Array for (var i:int = 0; i < lengthArrDataTranks rip; i++) { total = total + Number(arrDataTrans krip[i][col. dataField] ); } return String(total) ; } public function showTotalDataTransk rip():void { txtTotalSKS. text = totalDataTranskrip( sks); } I get Null Return...please help me to solve this problem, thanks :) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

